Cold weather means ice fishing

4:18 PM,
Jan. 28, 2014

Written by

Jim Hutchinson
Correspondent

This recent spate of freezing weather does have one positive aspect. The waters of Collins Cove down on the Mullica have frozen enough to permit ice fishing for white perch.

Back in my younger years, I used to do quite a bit of this type of fishing but prefer to just write about it now. Collins Cove is a deep water cove that was created when they dredged out fill for the construction of the Garden State Parkway.

The perch find the deeper water is warmer and hang out there. You can access the cove by traveling to the back of the Port Republic Wildlife Management Area. ...